Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

List (2)

List, v. t. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

2378

List (3)

List, v. i. [See Listen.] To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]Stand close, and list to him. Shak.

2379

List (4)

List, v. t. To listen or hearken to.Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,If with too credent ear you list his songs. Shak.

2380

List (5)

List, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See Lust.] 1. To desire or choose; to please.The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8.Them that add to the...

2381

List (6)

List, n. 1. Inclination; desire. Chaucer.2. (Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

2382

List (7)

List, n. [AS. līst a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. līsta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus ultim...

2383

List (8)

List (lĭst), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Listed; p. pr. & vb. n.Listing.] [From list a roll.] 1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Si...

2384

List (9)

List, v. i. To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

2385

Listel

List″el (lĭs″tĕl), n. [F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge.] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6.

2386

Listen

Lis″ten (lĭs″'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Listened (–'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlus...

2387

Listen (2)

Lis″ten, v. t. To attend to. Shak.

2388

Listener

Lis″ten‐er (–ẽr), n. One who listens; a hearkener.

2389

Lister (2)

List″er (lĭst″ẽr), n. One who makes a list or roll.

2390

Lister (3)

Lis″ter (lĭs″tẽr), n. Same as Leister.

2391

Lister (4)

List″er (?), n. [Cf. List a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the sa...

2392

Listerian

Lis‐te″ri‐an (lĭs‐tē″rĭ‐an), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism.

2393

Listerism

Lis″ter‐ism (lĭs″tẽr‐ĭz'm), n.(Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; — so called from Joseph Lister, an English s...

2394

Listerize

Lis″ter‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.-ized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-izing (?).] (Med.) To make antiseptic.

2395

Listful

List″ful (lĭst″fụl), a. Attentive. Spenser.

2396

Listing

List″ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.2. The selvedge of cloth;...

2397

Listless

List″less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. “ A listless unconcern.” Thomson.Benumbed with cold, and list...

2398

Lit

Lit (lĭt), a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.

2399

Litany

Lit″a‐ny (lĭt″ȧ‐ny̆), n.; pl.Litanies (–nĭz). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. λιτανεία, fr. λιτανεύειν to pray, akin to λίτεσθαι, λίσσεσθαι, to pray, λιτή...

2400

Litarge

Lit″arge (lĭt″ȧrj), n. Litharge. Chaucer.

2401

Litchi

Li″tchi′ (lē″chē′), n.(Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single la...

2402

Litchi (2)

Li″tchi′ (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.

2403

Lite

Lite (līt), a., adv., & n. Little. Chaucer.